Just One More Cow Story 

We in Wisconsin do hold a special place in our hearts for cows. Go to any Wisconsin souvenir store, and you will find cows everywhere. And anything not shaped like a cow, will have cow spot designs on them. Well, that and you'll find lot's of cheese heads. But no matter how much we like our cows, this is just wrong in so many ways:

A 63-year-old man is charged with sexual gratification with an animal for allegedly having sex with calves.

Harold G. Hart, of Neillsville, allegedly told police that he routinely stopped at a Greenwood farm, usually after bar closing or on trips to strip clubs near Marshfield or Neillsville.

A criminal complaint filed in Clark County Circuit Court said the farm's owners installed a motion detector on Jan. 22 after regularly seeing footprints and vehicle tracks on their land. Around 4 a.m. the next morning, a sensor sounded and Hart was caught leaving the barn, but Hart allegedly said he just used a bathroom in the barn and had never been there before.

Hart told police he had sex with heifers before he went into the service in 1963 and resumed about a year ago at the farm. He admitted to using a rope to tie calves around the neck and estimated he had been to the farm "at least 50 times," according to the complaint.

He told police he never had sex with animals while maintaining a relationship with his a girlfriend or his wife, the complaint said.

Hart also is charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of obstructing an officer. Each charge carries up to nine months in jail.

What I find even more scary than what is mentioned in the article, is what is missing from the article. Specifically, what is missing from the list of charges. Apparently having sex with a calf is not illegal. Can a calf legally consent to sex? Isn't that at least statutory rape? Maybe the calf's mother doesn't want to press charges, but I can't believe that. At the very least, what about cruelty to animals? Sure, the calves might have enjoyed the sex, but are they into bondage? I mean honestly... I hope he at least used plastic coated rope instead of old barn rope. That really chafes.

It's guys like this that give Wisconsin a bad name. We were finally getting some respect again after Dahmer... and now this.